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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

BENJAMIN F. MCCANN, OF EWING, INDIANA..

WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,903, dated February14, 1888.

`Application tiled November 1Q, 1887. Serial No.254,952. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. MCGANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ewing, in the county of Jackson and State of Indiana, haveinvented rcertain new and useful Improvements in Wells; and I do herebydeclare the following tol be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The objects of my invention are,irst, to provide a well of simple andinexpensive construction, which will supply a copious amount of purewater, and will be completely walled, curbed, and covered at allpoints,so as tofprevent dirt, small animals, reptiles, and other contaminatingthings or substances from fallinginto the well and into the water-at thebottom thereof; and, second, to shut off the water in the well fromcurrents of warm and impure outside air; and the improvement consists inthe combination of a stand-pipe formed in sections and extending fromthe top to the bottom of the well, and having a porous lower end and aseries of porous tributary cells arranged eccentrically of and in achain or series around the lower end of said stand-pipe; and theimprovement further consists in certain constructions and combinationsor arrangements of parts, hereinafter fully disclosed in the descriptionand claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-lettersindicate the same parts, Figure l represents `a vertical sectionalelevation', partly broken, of a well embodying my improvements, andshowing a stand-pipe adapted to be used with a bucket or chain pump;Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view of the lower portion of a well and thetributary chambers or cells, and showing a side elevation of the smallstand-pipe adapted to be attached to a suction-pump; and Fig. 3, ahorizontal section on the line w x of Fig. l.

A. stand-pipe, A, extends from the surface of the ground downwardlybelow the waterline a a, Fig. 1, and to the bottom of the reservoir orwe1l,its lower end being open and resting firmly upon alayer of rubbleor broken stone and gravel, B, of suitable thickness, deposited in thebottom of the well-excavation, the outlines of said excavation beingindishort porous earthenware-sections c c @,Whichcated by the dottedlines y y in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The stand-pipe A'is surrounded at its lower end by a series of tributarychambers or cells, C, C', C2, G3, C4, and C5, which are eccentricallyarranged with -respect to said stand-pipe, andv each of which is open atthe bottom and rests, together with the stand-pipe, upon the 'layer ofrubble B, thus forming a chain of 6o cells inclosing and eccentricallysurrounding 'the lower end of said stand-pipe, all of said cells andstand-pipe being formed in sections vc c c, and provided with suitableopenings or notches, c c c, at their joints, as hereinafter described,through which the water may pass 'into and out of one and into theinterior of another, and whose combined areas will ap proximately equalthe area of capacity of the reservoir or lower portion of the Well.

The space between the circle or chain of tributary chambers or cells andthe wall of the .well-excavation is lled with rubble B', form- ;ing anupward continuation of the layer of the same beneath the cells and thebottom of caps or covers of said tributary cells, around thestand-pipe,and up tothe surface of the ground. l

The tributary chambers or cells are made of will allow the water to bothfilter through them and pass through the notches c c c between theirjoints as freely as is necessary for ordinary demands; but when an extraheavy draft is made upon the well the water will pass down in thedirection of the arrows through the rubble layers B B', and then upthrough the open bottoms of the tributary cells and stand-pipe to theinterior thereof.

The stand-pipe A, as shown in Fig. l, is of sucient diameter to admit abucket or chainpump elevator; and two stand-pipes, one for the upgoingand the other for the downgoing buckets, may be substituted for thesingle standpipe.

The stand-pipe, except its lower portion, is preferably made of glazedearthenware, tubular sections of suitable lengths placed one above theother and closely packed around with earth to hold them in place, thelower portion of said pipe being unglazed or porous up to the top of thesurrounding chambers or cells, so as to admit free passage of water intothe same.

W'hcn a small wood or metal pipe, A', is desired to be used in the wellfor asuction-pump, said pipe is passed downward through the cap or coverD and int-o the central chamber or cell,C6, for a suitable distancebelow the waterlevel, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Both the shape and the number of the cells may be varied to suit thequantity of water required or the desire of the builder withoutdeparting from my invention; but by mu1tiplying the number and size ofthe cells a very large supply of water may be husbanded and kept pureand cool for a long time.

As the space not occupied by the cells and stand-pipe in the bottom ofthe well is closely packed with broken stone and earth, no room isallowed for harboring frogs, snakes, or other offensive creatures.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new isv l. Ina well, the combination ofa stand-pipe formedin sections and extendingfrom the top to the bottom of said well and having a porous lower end,and a series of porous tributary cells arranged eccentrically of and ina chain or series around the lower end of said standpipe, substantiallyas described.

3. In a well, the combination of the cen-- trally-located stand-pipeformed in sections and having a porous lower end, and a chain or seriesof tributary cells arranged around the lower end' of said stand-pipe,and also formed of porous sections placed one above the other and havingopenings or notches between their joints. substantially as described.

4. In a well, the combination ofa stand-pipc formed in sections, a chainor series of porous tributary cells arranged eccentrically around thelower end of said stand-pipeand having closed upper ends and open lowerends, and a layer of broken stone or gravel placed beneath the saidcells, substantially as described.

5. In a well, the combination of the sectional earthenware stand-pipehaving a porous lower end and extending from the top to the bottom ofthe well, a chain or series of tribu tary cells, C C C, &c., also formedof porous earthenware sections and arranged around the lower end of saidstand-pipe, and layers B B', of broken stone orgravel,located,respectively, beneath and around said chain or series ofcells and the stand-pipe, substantially as described.

In testimony Whereof I adix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. MCCANN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM L. BRYATT, ANDREW J PAYNE.

